The Independent on Saturday

JUMBO CROSSWORD

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QUICK CLUES ACROSS: 9 Pronounce (9) 10 Declining (2,3,4) 12 Run (4) 13 Zodiac sign (6)

14 Sunshade (7) 15 Prepare (4,5)

17 Cocktail (9)

18 Feared (7)

19 Feline (6)

20 Help (4)

23 Main (9)

25 Stopping (9)

26 Fury (4)

27 Oppose (6)

29 Laugh (7)

32 Pale (6-3)

34 Polite (9)

35 Recount (7)

36 Tell (6)

37 Open (4)

38 Absurd (9)

39 Worried (9)

DOWN: 1 Scented (8) 2 Inconsiste­nt (3,2,7) 3 Dance (8) 4 Almost (6)

5 Soup (8) 6 Wonderful (10)

7 Rumour (7)

8 Terrier (10)

11 Advantage (5)

16 Decrease (6)

19 Bird (3)

21 Conclude (5,2,2,3)

22 Lasso (6)

23 Mollusc (10)

24 Strange occurrence (10)

25 Incision (3)

28 Attention (8)

29 Gushing (8)

30 Answers (8)

31 Atonement (7)

33 Particle (5)

34 Material (6)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

9 When one was poor and didn’t have to slim? (4,5)

10 Previously, during the period of gaining ground (2,7)

12 Have a punnet put away for her (4)

13 Smaller in the row outside (6)

14 Found it was terribly cold out and ate in (7)

15 The name the number goes by (4,5)

17 Lovely having the blindfold off and such a welcome sight! (4,2,3) 18 Mean to split the rent with a colleague (7)

19 The superior is out of hospital (6)

20 A report and a picture (4)

23 Cheat to get money from a rival (9)

25 A pet you’ll lose nothing by having (9)

26 In that case it will be hard within an hour (4)

27 Struck by, pocketed (6)

29 Said to put in a grass border (7)

32 A phoney title (5,4)

34 Stop a man with a packet coming from the supermarke­t (9)

35 Finds the solution to how to escape? (4,3)

36 Rub out two consecutiv­e letters at the front (6)

37 Executes cheats (4)

38 Once under cut, gave up (9)

39 A Chinese box seen to be in need of repairs (9)

DOWN

1 Tidies away the clouds littered all over the sky? (6,2)

2 Through which the river goes into the sea? (4,8)

3 Is joking about the safety device (8)

4 Aim, as before, to trap one (6)

5 Behaved properly and kept in touch with, indeed, we’re told (3,5) 6 Avoid coming face to face with and don’t pay (4,2,4)

7 A few cotes have been built for the birds (7)

8 One that’s passed over in the sorting office? (4,6)

11 Standing on to put back the money (5)

16 Brown was beaten (6)

19 Except for soap? (3)

21 Be able to, now you’re got electricit­y installed (2,10)

22 A bird taking a swim? (6)

23 Reduce a price to make yourself look good (3,1,6)

24 The early morning rush (4,6)

25 What the fisherman’s armed with? (3)

28 Would have you believe, before time is up (8)

29 Revealing little and putting it back in the new cover (8)

30 Didn’t like to see Ted mounting the frisky steed (8)

31 After a month ring: strange, but it’s etiquette (7)

33 Felix is happy in it (5)

34 Turn traitor? What’s wrong with you! (6)

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